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Ay, Me (Unbrokenly)
03:40
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Ay, Me
Barefoot sharks in a cigarette sea (Ay, me, ay, me)
Beggaring hearts for the innocent plea (Ay, me, ay, me)
(Oooh) And I hold myself
(Oooh) And I comfort me
(Oooh) I don’t buy I sell
(Oooh) Unbrokenly
Got a false start in the cemetery (ay, me, ay, me)
Tried to do right but it don’t come naturally (ay, me, ay, me)
(Oooh) And I hold myself
(Oooh) And I comfort me
(Oooh) I don’t buy I sell
(Oooh) Unbrokenly
Bury me in the now
So the memory don’t find me, cut me down
Hide me in the run
You can’t regret forgotten wounds
And you can’t fail what’s left undone
(Oooh) And I hold myself
(Oooh) And I comfort me
(Oooh) I don’t buy I sell
(Oooh) Unbrokenly
(Oooh) These are lies I tell
(Oooh) When I can’t breathe
(Oooh) But I’ll fix myself
(Oooh) I’ll be unbroken
I'll be unbroken
I’ll be unbroken
Unbroken
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2. |
In the Dark
05:20
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Out by the lake, there’s a man, but nobody can see him
A soldier inside, he is making amends for his sins
And those of his father, and sons to come later
Yeah, he’ll build a wall out of stones that are thrown by his neighbors
Out by the road, there’s a girl, but he’ll never meet her
She’s on the run from the girl in the mirror at home
Thumb to the highway, she’s seen some sorrow
But still she believes there’s a light that will shine til tomorrow
They pass each other like ships in the darkness
And for one another, they may be the only light left
Ain’t it funny how that goes?
Don’t it break your little heart?
It’s the law of something older
And it keeps us in the dark
Somewhere a phone rings, and a boy doesn’t answer
He’s stories above, and he stares at the sidewalk below
Intent on release, anchored by only
The fire escape and the terror of just letting go
And miles away, is a mother who woke from her slumber
A voice in her heart said it’s time for her son to come home
The phone, it keeps ringing, her heart starts breaking
She has all the love in the world, and it’s his for the taking
They miss each other by only a moment
Dying by inches, she knows and she can’t take his place
Ain’t it funny how that goes?
Don’t it dim your little spark?
There is something so much bigger
But it keeps us in the dark
They may find each other at the end of the line
As if that was how it all was planned
And say to each other, “I’d go back and start over,
And live through the pain again for the touch of your hand.”
Somewhere in darkness, the souls are uniting
Over coffee and cigarettes, etiquette checked at the door
They smile with no humor, with love long behind them
And think of their lives, saying, “What were we living them for?”
Ain’t it funny how that goes?
Don’t it break your little heart?
It’s the law of something older
And it keeps us in the dark
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Reborn
03:53
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I’ve loved you since forever
Since long before I even knew you were real
I held you like a precious secret
You’re half your mother’s daughter
I hope you grow to have her smile and her eyes
You’ll win me over just like she did
If there’s a happy ever
I hope I reach it knowing my daughter can be proud
That I rebuilt the world to keep her safe and sound
This is what I want to be
Everything you need from me
I am reborn
This is what I was born to do
To spend my lifetime loving you
I am reborn as you are born
I am reborn
I didn’t see you coming
I can’t imagine how we got through the day
Wandering the world without you
And as you grow, remember
My love for you has no condition or end
You could never make me doubt you
I don’t care who you love or how
But if they break your heart, I’ll always be around
To catch you before you hit the ground
This is what I want to be
Everything you need from me
I am reborn
This is what I was born to do
To spend my lifetime loving you
I am reborn as you are born
I am reborn
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4. |
While the Garden Burns
03:53
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These are the days that they warned us were coming
And we thought we’d weather the storm
Look at us now, we’re just crying for normal
Give me the weather, man
Give me a chance to be more than a rock in the stream
I’ll stay forever indoors with my dreaming
And I’ll be the guy who remembers believing
In safe and sound and alone
Bystanding through the fall
Houses and hospitals
Forced to stand straight and tall
While the garden burns
Long as my lungs are strong
I am canary song
Eyes on a distant dawn
While the garden burns
While the garden burns
Float like a feather or shake like a leaf
You best stand if you don’t want to fall
If you get scared, you lock arms with your brother
And hold onto hope, and still more each other
When anger falls from the sky
Bystanding through the fall
Houses and hospitals
Forced to stand straight and tall
While the garden burns
Long as my lungs are strong
I am canary song
Eyes on a distant dawn
While the garden burns
While the garden burns
While the garden burns
We take shelter in this
While the garden burns
And the children resist
While the garden burns
(and here comes the twist)
After fire, the flowers will grow
So give us a week, or a day, or a minute
All of the time you can spare
It’s not like our parents will care
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Nicotine
04:17
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You’re just like every “last cigarette” that I’ve ever had
The moment I’m done, wanna run out and buy a new pack
And I got scars on my hands and my knees from crawling toward you
Over all of the broken glass that you left here before
You turned riches into rags
And I want another drag
Get in my lungs again
Nicotine, nicotine
Get in my lungs again
Nicotine, nicotine
I don’t know why
I can’t leave you behind
You are fire and gasoline
Nicotine
I don’t want you to know how often I look at my phone
Hoping for any excuse to stop being strong
Wondering if you are struggling to stay away, too
Or if somebody pretty somewhere in this city
Has got their hands on you
I can’t sleep when I’m like this
I would kill for a little fix
Get in my lungs again
Nicotine, nicotine
Get in my lungs again
Nicotine, nicotine
I don’t know why
I can’t leave you behind
You’re a bullet in a magazine
Nicotine
I think better when I’m high
I need to be too fucked up to cry
Get in my lungs again
Nicotine, nicotine
Get in my lungs again
Nicotine, nicotine
I don’t know why
I can’t leave you behind
Run along and find a better scene
Nicotine
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Sink a little deeper into the collar of my jacket
It’s colder outside than they said on TV
and the sidewalk starts to crack beneath the guilt in my pockets
But I’m only searching for my keys
It’s been a while now since I weathered the storm
It’s a pitiful parade we make
Just me and my coffin
Drawing closer to each other every single day
And sure I’m walking slower
But there ain’t no walking backward
And I ain’t found the courage yet to plant my feet and stay
It’s been a while now since I weathered the storm
It’s been a while now since I weathered the storm
It seems like everything has changed but me
Like everybody else learned to believe
I’m everything but what I tried to be
I guess it means that I am still unready
I’m still unready
Everything just falls apart
And no one ever cured a faithless heart
If I could take a step beyond the start
I might get better
But I’m still unready
I’m still unready
I am still unready, yeah
If I call out to the wide and blue
and say my will is failing
It’s a tired variation
on a very tired theme
But in the search for rhyme or reason
Man, you can’t just ask Alexa
There are deeper mysteries than either man or androids dream
It’s been a while now since I weathered the storm
It’s been a while now since I weathered the storm
It seems like everything has changed but me
Like everybody else learned to believe
I’m everything but what I tried to be
I guess it means that I am still unready
I’m still unready
Everything just falls apart
And no one ever cured a faithless heart
If I could take a step beyond the start
I might get better
But I’m still unready
I’m still unready
I am still unready, yeah
I am still unready, yeah
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Bring down the old record player we found
In that sorrow-strewn store in that ten-dollar town
I’ll dig up something to move to
And you pour the wine
Longing looks back through a sepia lens
To nights at the barcade with all of our friends
You held my hand walking back on the Fourth of July
Summer night, summer night
My soul for a sign
I’ll get you back if I go back in time
Summer days
I’ve tried to move on
Now I just shake til the fever is gone
Now I just shake til the fever is gone
VHS dreams of the person I was
When I traded my love for acclaim and applause
Sold off my favorite guitar just to feel more alone
Maybe I’ve burned away all my goodwill
I’m a worn-out old welcome mat, granted, but still,
I belong on your doorstep
The end of your winding road home
Summer night, summer night
My soul for a sign
I’ll get you back if I go back in time
Summer days
I’ve tried to move on
Now I just shake til the fever is gone
Now I just shake til the fever is gone
Now I just shake til the fever is gone
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8. |
When It's Time
03:32
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When it’s time, you and I will go together
You keep watch and I will row
Cuz anyplace we get to go
We’ll make it better
When it’s time
When it’s time
I will try to keep perspective
I will pawn my soul to fly beside you
Trying not to be overprotective
When it’s time
Perhaps you’ll see
I have never lived a moment
Where I didn’t want to be with you
I love you when you’re with me
I love you when you’re gone
I’ll love you when we find out if love really carries on
I said I will
love you when you leave your scent behind you in the bed
I love you when we’re living
And I’ll love you long after I’m dead
When it’s time you and I will go together
When it’s time you and I will seek forever
When it’s time
I will not ever say goodbye
I will not ever say goodbye
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9. |
I Will Raise Up
04:08
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Like the one who bid me find you
I will raise up
I will raise up
Like the father of a nation
I will raise
Let me come to you in pride, love
Let me come to you in shame
I am covered all in glories
I am covered all in blame
But I am not the reason
This is not the end
Nothing is forever
I am still your friend
I have loved you in my small way
I have longed to be your strength
But in the shadows before the morning
I have broken / I have wept
Bid this water be my savior
In my blood and in my bones
Be they shattered, be they traitors
Bring me home
I am not the reason
I am not the end
This may be forever
But if grass can grow in winter
And if trees can split the boulder
And if love can last forever
Then I need not grow older
I will raise up, like the sun, love
I will raise up, like the storm
In the after, I will find you
You are not alone
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10. |
I Wish You the Best
03:32
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